Michael D'Angelo Landscape Architecture LLC

Ten reviews, all five stars — and a striking share of them written not by homeowners but by the architects and designers who worked alongside him. Michael D'Angelo Landscape Architecture is a one-person Boston LLC. The BBB lists Michael D'Angelo as owner and sole employee, the company incorporated in October 2014, and grades it A+ without accreditation. On Houzz the firm carries 5.0 across ten reviews, fifteen posted projects, and a typical job cost of $50,000 to $1 million. The work people describe is design-led and city-tight. A 2016 client wrote about tearing out an asphalt driveway for a bluestone patio and brick auto court, chosen specifically because D'Angelo could work an urban sensibility into a small, awkward space; the same review credits him through vendor selection to the final punch list. A 2020 client had a sunken garden redesigned behind a South End brownstone. In 2016 another described landscaping a lot after the old house came down, with hardscape samples brought out to touch before anything was ordered and the plan reworked as town restrictions bit. The through-line across those years is that he runs the whole arc — design, bid process, contractor selection, then oversight while someone else builds it. Two things are worth raising before calling. The written record is dated: the newest review is from April 2022, and most of the rest sit in 2015 and 2016. And several of the strongest ones come from design peers — a collaborating architecture firm in 2019, a longtime professional collaborator in 2016 — which is a different kind of endorsement than a homeowner's. Houzz's licence field for this firm lists a string of states, MA, CT, RI, NH and ME, rather than any registration number, so treat it as the directory's entry and confirm credentials directly. This is the call for a designed outdoor project with a real budget behind it — a terrace, a courtyard, a rooftop — where you want someone drawing the plan and riding the build rather than swinging the shovel. Ask what he has completed since 2022, and get the scope of his role in writing: design only, or design plus construction oversight.